Many thanks to Joan for sharing her beautiful Muttville success story, “Sophie”:
I had always wanted a small senior dog.
I lurked on the Muttville fb page and “liked” all the pups and read a zillion bios…but thought I was always too busy, traveling or working too much to actually adopt.
Then my dear friend, Phillip, was diagnosed with terminal cancer and my life came into sharp focus.
What was important to me? How did I want my life to be lived? What was I waiting for?
So on Aug 19th 2011 I filled out the application online and on Aug 28th I brought my girl, then 13 yr old Sophie home to stay.
I was nervous, never having had a dog of my own before. I was a cat lady. Could I deal with a dog?!
I remember writing an email to a friend worrying about if I had done the right thing.. she assured me that " it’s never a mistake to bring more love into your life".
She was totally right. I love this little old dog so much (and I think my 15 yr old cat, Fred has a crush on her too). She has brought me so much joy over the past year and half. She is always up for adventure and fun. We regularly go camping with my vintage trailer group and she recently won a spot in Friends of the Alameda Animal Shelter calendar contest and is now “Miss August” in their 2013 calendar!!
I think Muttville is just wonderful and am so thankful for all they do and especially for introducing me to Sophs!!
I’m now a dog lady too!
If you adopted a Muttville dog, we would love to feature you in an upcoming ‘Success Story’. Please contact success_stories@muttville.org with the Subject line ‘Success Story’
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3/5/13
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